Coast Young Professionals announces 2025 Board and Chair, Gardner Hewes

Coast Young Professionals is pleased to announce that Gardner Hewes has been appointed as the 2025 Chair of Coast Young Professionals.

William Gardner Hewes IV is a Relationship Manager at Cadence Bank. Gardner has been an active member of Coast Young Professionals since 2018.
 
He graduated from The University of Southern Mississippi with a Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Business Administration. Gardner serves his alma mater as a member of the Southern Miss Alumni Association and the Sigma Phi Epsilon alumni board.

Gardner is a graduate of Leadership Gulf Coast and past president of Gulfport’s Century Club. He currently serves on the board of directors for the Boys and Girls Club of Harrison County, and he’s an active parishioner of St. James Catholic Church. 
 
Gardner is a Gulfport native where he currently resides with his wife, Melissa, and their daughter, Margaret.  

2025 Coast Young Professionals Board of Directors
 

Gardner Hewes - Chair - Cadence Bank 
Christian Hartley - Immediate Past Chair - Cadence Bank 
Grace Russell - Chair Elect - CMG Financial
Janet Schnurr - Treasurer - WLOX
Dr. Anthony Lopez - Clear Families Chiropractic
Denise Johnson - Victory Behavioral Center
Melissa Hewes - Mississippi Power 
Sawyer Walters - University of Soutthern Mississippi Foundation 
Taylor Wilson - Hancock Whitney 
Morgan Bogolin - Boys & Girls Club of the Gulf Coast
Antoine Taylor - Harrison County Circuit Court
Samantha Loomis - Hancock Whitney
Laithan Simmerman - Morris Bart Law Firm 
Gretchen Reid - Navigator Credit Union
Sam Resultan - Northwestern Mutual 
Kadin Snow - Generations Health Care 
Kelsey Polovich - Ingalls Shipbuilding 
Briana Dubaz Pfarrer - USM Foundation 
Pierce Weatherly - Community Bank 
Brailey Penny - Renaissance Community Loan Fund 

For more information regarding the 2025 Coast Young Professionals Board of Directors, visit mscoastchamber.com or call 228-604-0014.